A Painful Lesson: Taser Training

What does a 50,000 shock of electricity coursing through your body feel like? 

Alaska's Military Police understand exactly how that feels as all military Police Officers assigned to 545th MP Company are required to conduct this training before they carry tasers on the job.

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP), a civilian force used to guard key defence assets including the nuclear deterrent, also have a taser capability, but we're not sure whether a similar type of grisly training exists. 

Captain John Caylor, a police officer and supervisor for the training section of Directorate of Emergency's Special Reaction Team, explained the thinking behind this type of training:

"We [the training department] think that it is important because if you don't understand the effects that a taser has then you won't have confidence in using it, so it builds confidence in the system,"

Caylor said. "Secondly, you won't know how it impacts an individual when it happens to them; the officer has a better understanding of what they are going through and how to get past the initial shock."